Student Services Blog

1.) NASA national internships – One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI)
NASA is currently recruiting talented college undergraduate students, who are pursuing Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) degrees, for summer internships at NASA centers around the country.
The summer internship application is open and closes on March 1, 2014.
To apply visit the following URL:
https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/index.cfm?solarAction=view&subAction=studentCal
Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
Johnson Hall room 141
206-543-1943
2.) 2014 Academic High-Altitude Conference
This is the 5th anniversary of this event and is hosted by the Department of Space Studies in the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium.

The new Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program application is now available on our website (www.uwconservationscholars.org), and an info sheet is attached. We’re looking for 20-25 freshmen and sophomores (juniors, too, if they can participate beyond this first summer). Our program starts in Seattle (3 weeks) and travels to various landscapes across the state (4 weeks) before returning to the UW campus at the end of the summer (1 week).

Marine Debris Internship – COASST
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a citizen science program based at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, is looking for 2-5 undergraduate students to assist with program’s upcoming marine debris data collection project beginning spring 2015.
Students working with COASST gain valuable, hands-on experience with citizen science programs, scientific protocol development and testing and learn the complexities of adapting data collection to a broad and diverse corps of participants.

Research Commons News: Oct 30 – Nov 13
Now is a Great Time to Visit GFIS
Are you a graduate student looking to fund your research, travel or other school-related expenses? The Graduate Funding Information Service, located in the Research Commons, helps current and admitted UW graduate students identify and use different resources to locate funding opportunities. Remember than many autumn deadlines for 2014-2015 are now approaching.

The 11th annual Undergraduate Marine Resources Population Dynamics (MRPD) Workshop March 2-8, 2014, Keys Marine Lab in Long Key, Florida.
The NMFS RTR Program, located at the University of Florida, is holding its eleventh annual Marine Resources Population Dynamics Workshop. This workshop will introduce fifteen outstanding undergraduate students from around the country to the field of population dynamics using high-profile examples from harvested fish species and protected species (such as sea turtles or marine mammals).

The Queer Student Commission is one the eight diversity commissions founded by the Associated Students at the University of Washington. Each commission has a mandate to put on education programs each quarter, as well as serve and advocate for its constituency within the student government and the administration. The QSC seeks to put on programming within an anti-oppressive framework, focusing on planning events that are all at once nonhetero- and cisnormative, anti-racist, anti-ableist, and anti-sexist.

Upcoming URP Information Sessions
http://exp.washington.edu/urp/courses/info/infosessions.html
Primarily for undergraduates who have yet to begin research, the Information Sessions provide research resources, information on funding, and suggestions for approaching faculty. Additionally, the sessions are highly student-driven, with an emphasis on student questions and concerns. Students interested in attending the UW, including community college transfer students, are welcome to the sessions.
There are plenty of seats available in all of the upcoming sessions:
Monday, October 7, 2013, 2 – 3 pm
Monday, October 14, 2013, 3 – 4 pm
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 2 – 3 pm
Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 2 – 3 pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 3 – 4 pm

We just wanted to let you know that the Undergraduate Research Program now has a blog where you and your students can find news, events, and opportunities related to undergraduate research and experiential learning. We often heard about lots of exciting opportunities but didn’t have a good way to get the word out without spamming our listserv. Now you can find these on the blog.